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Tuesday, July 25, 2017

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: THE BBC's GREATER-THAN-EVER ROLE IN PROPAGANDA AND OPINION MANIPULATION WITH NOT A SUGGESTION OF JOURNALISM

COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE BY RUSSELL BENTLEY IN FORT RUSS
NEWS

BBC trounces taxpayer
while belittling independent journalism

BBC is, indeed, a "state-run propaganda outfit."

There have always been elements of that in its make-up, as George
Orwell noted in his essays, but since Tony Blair's time and the huge and
murderous controversy around information from arms expert, Dr. Kelly, BBC has
literally been reduced to an embarrassment.

I long ago stopped looking at their Internet site. I now do
so once in a while just to see how they are manipulating a story.

They do it with everything from photo selection and word
selection to outright lies and misinformation – all offered with smug
self-confidence to reassure readers.

You sure could do worse than use BBC as study material in
the craft of propaganda and opinion manipulation.